Cambridge International Examinations

Cambridge Ordinary Level

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ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS

October/November 2015

Paper 2

2 hours
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The total number of marks for this paper is 80.

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Mathematical Formulae

1. ALGEBRA
QuadraticEquation
For the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0,
x=

Binomial Theorem

()
()

b 2 4 ac
2a

()

()

n
n
n
(a + b)n = an + 1 an1 b + 2 an2 b2 + + r anr br + + bn,
n
n!
where n is a positive integer and r =
(n r)!r!

2. TRIGONOMETRY
Identities
sin2 A + cos2 A = 1
sec2 A = 1 + tan2 A
cosec2 A = 1 + cot2 A
Formulae for ABC
a
b
c
sin A = sin B = sin C
a2 = b2 + c2 2bc cos A
=

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Find the equation of the tangent to the curve

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at the point where x = 2.

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Find the values of k for which the line

in two distinct points.

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cuts the curve

y = 2x 2 + (k + 2) x + 8

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dy
x3
2 , find dx .
2-x

(a) Given that y =

(b) Given that y = x 4x + 6 , show that

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dy k ( x + 1 )
=
and state the value of k.
dx
4x + 6

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Solve the following simultaneous equations, giving your answers for both x and y in the form
a + b 3 , where a and b are integers.

2x + y = 9

3 x + 2y = 5

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The roots of the equation

value of a and of b.

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are 1, 3 and 3. Show that c = 9 and find the

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6 Solve the following equation.

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The velocity, v ms -1 , of a particle travelling in a straight line, t seconds after passing through a fixed
10
point O, is given by v =
.
(2 + t) 2
(i) Find the acceleration of the particle when t = 3.
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(ii) Explain why the particle never comes to rest.

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(iii) Find an expression for the displacement of the particle from O after time t s.

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(iv) Find the distance travelled by the particle between t = 3 and t = 8.

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(i) Prove that

(ii) Hence, or otherwise, solve sec 2 x + cosec 2 x = 4 tan 2 x

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for 90c 1 x 1 270c.

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Given that f (x) = 3x 2 + 12x + 2 ,

(i) find values of a, b and c such that f (x) = a (x + b) 2 + c ,

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(ii) state the minimum value of f(x) and the value of x at which it occurs,

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(iii) solve f c m = 0 , giving each answer for y correct to 2 decimal places.
y

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10 (i) Given that

2
d ^ 2 - x 2h
e
= kxe 2 - x , state the value of k.
dx

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y 3xe2 - x dx .
2

(ii) Using your result from part (i), find

(iii) Hence find the area enclosed by the curve y = 3xe 2 - x , the x-axis and the lines x = 1 and
x = 2.

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(iv) Find the coordinates of the stationary points on the curve y = 3xe 2 - x .

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11 The trees in a certain forest are dying because of an unknown virus.

The number of trees, N, surviving t years after the onset of the virus is shown in the table below.
t

2000

1300

890

590

395

260

The relationship between N and t is thought to be of the form N = Ab -t .

(i) Transform this relationship into straight line form.

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(ii) Using the given data, draw this straight line on the grid below.

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(iii) Use your graph to estimate the value of A and of b.

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If the trees continue to die in the same way, find

(iv) the number of trees surviving after 10 years,

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(v) the number of years taken until there are only 10 trees surviving.

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12 A plane that can travel at 250 kmh1 in still air sets off on a bearing of 070. A wind with speed w kmh1
from the south blows the plane off course so that the plane actually travels on a bearing of 060.

Find, in kmh1, the resultant speed V of the plane and the windspeed w.

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